Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[wolram]

The airplane was Electra and the crash site is Nikumaroro
http://www.history.com/news/researchers-identify-fragment-of-amelia-earharts-plane

 

[1oldman2]

The airplane was Electra and the crash site is Nikumaroro
http://www.history.com/news/researchers-identify-fragment-of-amelia-earharts-plane

Well there you go! I await your next riddle.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Uh . . . so I haven’t been keeping up with the most recent puzzles here because I’ve been having so much awesome fun school () but anyway, wolram said that I’m supposed to go (not sure why), but I digress. Here’s the riddle, and your welcome

A historic landmark for the USA,
It’s up against a river,
That’s emptied in a bay,
The place is a plantation,
It housed a leader of the nation,
And a lot of his family,
For many generations.

This should be a snap.

 

[1oldman2]

It housed a leader of the nation,

Mt. Vernon?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Yay! Alright, 1oldman2, it's you turn now

 

[1oldman2]

Yay! Alright, 1oldman2, it's you turn now

Okay, This will take a bit as it's another Dr. appointment day. In the meantime here is a couple of nice pics to ponder. Both taken from ISS.

 

[1oldman2]

Two eyes upon the southern sky,
this place was named for a man who died in 1521.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Two eyes upon the southern sky,
this place was named for a man who died in 1521.

Question: Is he a European who had also been traveling to Asia before he died ?

 

[wolram]

Magellan strait comes to my mind.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Yes, Magellan fits the clues perfectly.

 

[wolram]

We will have to wait for 1oldman2 to confirm the answer, but if that is correct then here is another:

1 What links Spock with Geordie La Forge?
2 Marry a Marvin with a British fellow of a college, take away an E, to find a place.
3 Look around 5 miles west and find one

What is it?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Hm . . . I'm not into Star Trek :)

I'll have to think about this one . . .

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

The only Marvin I'm aware of is Marvin the Martian.

British fellow meaning a member of the Royal Society, I presume. Royal society of Arts? of Chemistry? of Medicine?? Probably someone famous that I should know (that narrows the list greatly)

What do you mean by "marry"? Mash their names together?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

What is it?

Not sure what it is, but I think it's about 7 miles WSW from where you live.

 

[wolram]

The only Marvin I'm aware of is Marvin the Martian.

British fellow meaning a member of the Royal Society, I presume. Royal society of Arts? of Chemistry? of Medicine?? Probably someone famous that I should know (that narrows the list greatly)

What do you mean by "marry"? Mash their names together?

By marry i mean join together, the British fellow is a generic name .

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Not sure what it is, but I think it's about 7 miles WSW from where you live.

OK, I worked it out, and it's visible in Google Earth too.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, I worked it out, and it's visible in Google Earth too.

So is one of the other two, but the Robin Hood seems to be indoors.

 

[1oldman2]

Two eyes upon the southern sky,

A critical puzzle piece

 

[wolram]

So is one of the other two, but the Robin Hood seems to be indoors.

I am only aware of one visible one

A critical puzzle piece

Woot, you mean we have not solved your riddle?

 

[wolram]

Oh i see the answer was not complete

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes

 

[1oldman2]

I am only aware of one visible oneWoot, you mean we have not solved your riddle?

Your searching for a place not a person.

 

[1oldman2]

Oh i see the answer was not complete

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes

Good show!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Although I got Wolram's riddle, I've not got the time and imagination to think up a new one, so I've left it for others to continue guessing for now. I'd say the "Geordi La Forge" connection is tenuous and misled me for a bit but the rest of the riddle was straightforward enough.

I haven't really even got the time to be looking in here at all at the moment; I was trying to take some time at Easter to study physics for a change, but that got swamped by stuff related to running the orchestras (preparing for imminent concerts and next season's publicity materials).

 

[wolram]

Thank you Johnathon, so who is ready with a riddle first come first served

 

[wolram]

Find this thing: Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Thank you Johnathon, so who is ready with a riddle first come first served

But neither you or I actually gave the answer to the previous one or explained how it worked! If you're closing your previous riddle, please tell people the answer.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

But neither you or I actually gave the answer to the previous one or explained how it worked! If you're closing your previous riddle, please tell people the answer.

Here it is, anyway:

Spoiler

Avro Vulcan XM655, at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, about 6 miles west of the village of Gaydon, Warwickshire, which is in turn a couple of miles SW of Wolramville.

Edit 2: Corrected typo in name of airfield.

Edit: Forgot to paste in the Google maps link: Here it is

 

[1oldman2]

Find this thing: Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.

Pyramide du Louvre, Paris ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.

I presume it's the first Google hit for that phrase, which isn't in France.

 

[wolram]

This one has five nodes and is a crystal.

 

[wolram]

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Pyramide du Louvre, Paris ?

Not quite but on the right lines

I presume it's the first Google hit for that phrase, which isn't in France.

No not in France.

 

[1oldman2]

Allrighty then, just to get this out of the way how about The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. I can't make all the clues fit but I'm eating Brussels sprouts at the moment and took that as a sign,

 

[wolram]

Allrighty then, just to get this out of the way how about The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. I can't make all the clues fit but I'm eating Brussels sprouts at the moment and took that as a sign,
View attachment 99273

You are up then

 

[1oldman2]

Stonehenge is a familiar landmark, find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession. Geo Coordinates, or nearest village's name wins this round.

 

[Pepper Mint]

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Stonehenge is a familiar landmark, find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession. Geo Coordinates, or nearest village's name wins this round.

Stonehenge is so familiar across Britain, Scotland and many other parts of Europe.